traumatic
Example Sentences
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And because I have almost no expectations, I am not battling traumatic disappointment.
Chief executive Sarah Wootton said that the fact that every year "up to 650 terminally ill people end their own lives, often in lonely and traumatic ways," proved the need for reform.
From BBC
"We are thankful for their services as we know that it is also very traumatic for them," she said.
From BBC
D'Alessandro notes potential relevance for exercise physiology and for pathological hypoxia after traumatic injury.
From Science Daily
"There are many people that are going on holiday expecting their travel insurance to cover them and then finding, in a very traumatic way, that, they're not covered".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.